Conservative Chickens Come Home to Roost

[Sleeping in EQ]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...roost-20120223

[il Padrino Ute]

I see The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an influence on the writer of that piece. What a joke.

[Uncle Ted]

"You know what the government did? They cut the budget by 60 percent," he said. "And everybody went back to work again, you didn't need any special programs."

Right – it wasn’t like they needed a G.I. Bill or anything. After all, people were different back then: They didn’t want or need welfare, or a health care program, or any of those things. At least, that’s not the way Paul remembered it.

My father was drafted in WWII out of high school before he finished his senior year. He was sent to Europe and he served. When he was discharged he was paid a whole $25 to go back to high school thanks to the G.I. Bill. Yes, a whole $25. My father told me that the $25 was nice but he was planning on finishing HS anyway. The G.I. Bill was more of a way for politicians to feel good about themselves by giving a small token of appreciation rather than any kind of welfare for WWII vets.

The author should do his damn research.

Edit: Also, I recall my father saying the GI bill didn't offer him any money for college because he hadn't graduated from HS. Ironic.

[Flystripper]

My father was drafted in WWII out of high school before he finished his senior year. He was sent to Europe and he served. When he was discharged he was paid a whole $25 to go back to high school thanks to the G.I. Bill. Yes, a whole $25. My father told me that the $25 was nice but he was planning on finishing HS anyway. The G.I. Bill was more of a way for politicians to feel good about themselves by giving a small token of appreciation rather than any kind of welfare for WWII vets.

The author should do his damn research.

Edit: Also, I recall my father saying the GI bill didn't offer him any money for college because he hadn't graduated from HS. Ironic.

My father used the GI bill to put him through college but he was not a WWII vet. He served in the Army during a time or relative peace between the Korean War and Vietnam War. I don't know what the initial intent of the GI bill was for, but it has definitely paid for the education of many men and women that have served in military. I think that is a good thing.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Aren't there some huge qualitative differences between the G.I. Bill and welfare? What an ass.